Ipswich 3 - Nottingham Forest 1: Luke Hyam gets the thumbs up

The midfielder, in the starting line-up because of a hamstring injury to Nigel Reo-Coker, justified his selection with a goal after Forest striker Dexter Blackstock had cancelled out Guirane N'Daw's opener.

Manager McCarthy said: "We got a bit lucky. It was Keystone Cops stuff from them but we showed tenacity. Luke was excellent, scored and did very well."

Ipswich striker DJ Campbell had a penalty saved before N'Daw opened the scoring.

But the night ended well for McCarthy's men as Daryl Murphy wrapped up victory with a late third.